West 134th Street & Lenox Terrace Place

West 134th Street and Lenox Terrace Place meet at a three-way junction in Harlem (North), Manhattan. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Hansborough Recreation Center is 110 feet away, and P.S. 197 John B. Russwurm is 820 feet away. The nearest subway, 135 St, is about three minutes on foot, for the 2 and 3. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, two of them libraries, and seven places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
135 St
770 feet · 3 min on foot · 2, 3
Nearest bus stop
600 feet
W 135 St/Malcolm X Blvd · Bx33
Within a walk
11 places
2 libraries, 2 playgrounds and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
West 134th Street & Lenox Terrace Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 135 St, 770 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 135 St 2, 3
    770 feet
    2 3

Next trains at this station

Uptown
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 3 …
Downtown
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 3 …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Harlem Timeline” (1995) by Willie Birch at the 135 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is W 135 St/Malcolm X Blvd, 600 feet away, for the Bx33.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. W 135 St/Malcolm X Blvd Bx33 · Shelter
    600 feet
    Bx33
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx33 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 31 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W 135 St & Lenox Terrace Pl 29 docks in all
    340 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Harlem River Drive southbound at Park Avenue & East 132nd Street, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 109 East 138th Street Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 2385 3rd Avenue Charging for electric cars, 14 Level 2 chargers
    1 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash at this corner, fewer than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10037
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 10
City Council district
9
Police precinct
32
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Harlem (North)
Elevation
18 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 3,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1947 and 1959.

Since 2014 at least 5 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 21 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 9 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2014 and March 2019, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Lenox Terrace Place

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Lenox Terrace Place

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of West 134th Street

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and four buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Grec. They were built between 1879 and 1905.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 libraries
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 schools
  • 1 ambulance station
  • 1 hospital
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Democracy Preparatory Charter School
    820 feet
  2. P.S. 197 John B. Russwurm School
    820 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Howard Bennett Playground
    340 feet
  2. Abraham Lincoln Playground
    880 feet

Health care

  1. Harlem Hospital Center Hospital
    550 feet
  2. EMS Station 16 Ambulance station
    600 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture Library · listed historic place
    880 feet
  2. Countee Cullen Library Landmark · listed historic place
    1,130 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 34 West 134th Street Older adult center
    70 feet
  2. Hansborough Recreation Center
    110 feet
  3. Abe Lincoln Mini Pool Swimming pool
    1,080 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    820 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Dynasty Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Pioneer Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are seven places to eat and three food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, three of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Lenox Terrace Place or West 134th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.